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The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History
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The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History Paperback - 1997

by Keith W. Whitelam


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The Invention of Ancient Israel shows how the history of ancient Palestine has been obscured by the search for Israel. Keith W. Whitelam argues that ancient Israel has been invented by scholars in the image of a European nation state. He explores the theological and political assumptions which have shaped research into ancient Israel by Biblical scholars, and contributed to the vast network of scholarship which Said identified as 'Orientalist discourse'.
Keith W. Whitelam's groundbreaking study argues that Biblical scholars, through their traditional view of this region, have contributed to dispossession of both a Palestinian land and a Palestinian past. This is important reading for historians, biblical specialists, social anthropologists and all those who are interested in the history of ancient Israel and Palestine.

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The conceptualization and representation of the past is fraught with difficulty, not simply because of the ambiguities and paucity of data but because the construction of history, written or oral, past or present, is a political act.

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  • Title The Invention of Ancient Israel: The Silencing of Palestinian History
  • Author Keith W. Whitelam
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-04-24
  • ISBN 9780415107594 / 0415107598
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.62 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95014120
  • Dewey Decimal Code 956.94

About the author

Keith W. Whitelam is Professor of Religious Studies and Head of Department at the University of Stirling. He is the co-author of The Emergence of Early Israel in Historical Perspective (1987), and has produced a series of articles on ancient Israelite and Palestinian history.

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